Bible Quote by Coventry Patmore

The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life;…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.

— Anonymous

“The trouble with influential books is that if you have absorbed the influence without ever reading the original, then it can sometimes be hard…

— Nick Hornby

Being influential is not the mark of a great book.

— Mortimer Adler

“Influential books are often a disappointment, if they're properly influential, because influence cannot guarantee the quality of the imitators, and your appetite for the…

— Nick Hornby

The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors…

— Anonymous

I agree that we should regard all books of the Bible as equally inspired - and important. But some come into sharp focus at…

— Christopher J. H. Wright

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

— Louis L'Amour

I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.…

— Anthony Powell

Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for 'most influential.'…

— Cheryl Mendelson

Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most…

— Sara Sheridan

Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book.

— Thomas B. Macaulay